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1. Chronic Pain                               Chronic pain clues provided by study of mice

2. Serotonin and Development      
One gene controls development of all serotonin cells

3. Itch                                              Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered

   Science                                        Scratch That Gene
   Science  News Focus                   Grasping for Clues to The Biology of Itch
   BBC NEWS                                   Gene offers itchy-skin cure hope
   ABC NEWS                                   Scientists Find Gene for Itchiness
   St. Louis Post-Dispatch                 WU team uncovers gene tied to itching
   WORLD SCIENCE                         "Itch gene" found - relief fro scratchers at hand?
   METRO.co.uk                                Itch gene discovered leads to hope
   channel 4                                     Scientists find "itch gene"
   CBS NEWS                                   Scientists Find Itching Gene - Gene's Role In Itching May Lead To New Treatments For Pruritis ( Itchy Skin)
   Bloomberg                                   Urge to Itch has a genetic switch, research in mice suggests
   ars technica                                 The science of itch
   Guardian                                      Itchy discovery may help those with eczema
   Telegraph                                    Eczema joy as "itching" gene found
   SOFTPEDIA                                  The "Itch Gene" Has Been Found! - Itching, different from pain
   Medical News TODAY                   Itch Gene Found - Could Lead To New Treatments That Target Itching
   YORKSHIRE POST                        Scientists end head scratching over what makes us itch
   Daily Mail                                     Scientists itching to soothe eczema
   Allen Brain Atlas  
  
Neuroscience Gateway                    The Itchy and Scratchy show
   San Jose Mercury News               Itch science: still skin deep
   VOA    
   amdenews.com                            Scratching the surface: The challenges of treating itching 
   THE INDEPENDENT                       Got an itch? : Experts baffled by the urge to scratch       

   Faculty of 1000 Medicine

   ScienCentralNEWS                      Itch Gene (Video)
   ABC7News                                   Are You Itchy? There May Be Some Relief (Video)

   npr news                                     "Godfather of itch" talks about recent progress on itch (Radio)
   npr news                                      What Makes Us Itch? (Radio)
   WU Medical News                        Better treatment for itching (Radio)
   Sound Medicine                           The Itching Gene (Radio)

4. Serotonin and Pain                     Researchers separate analgesic effects from addictive aspects of pain-killing drugs

   treatmentonline                           Research Paves Path for Painkillers Without Addiction
  
WU Medical News                        Filtering out side effects (Radio)